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The missing link
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2009.267
Subject(s) - adaptability , link (geometry) , biology , evolutionary biology , computational biology , ecology , computer science , computer network
Viruses exceed the potential of all other organisms to adapt and evolve rapidly. Philip Hunter explores the evidence that these oft‐maligned pathogens might have also contributed some of their adaptability to human evolution.